Daily Timetable

All guests and visitors are welcome to attend prayer and meditation sessions if they wish.

6.00 - 7.00am Tara Prayers

7.00  - 8.00am Breakfast

8.00 - 9.00am  Meditation session

10.00 - 12.30pm Teaching session (during courses)

12.30 - 1.30pm Lunch

3.00 - 5.30pm Teaching session (during courses)

3.30 - 4.30pm  Mahakala Prayers (this time may change at short notice)

6.00 - 7.00pm Supper

7.00 - 7.45pm Chenrezik Prayers 

(Sundays: 7.00 - 8.00 Amitabha Prayers, 8.00 - 8.30 Chenrezik Prayers)

10.00pm Temple Closed and quiet time.

Weekend Courses

Friday (weekend course arrival day):

3.30 - 6.00pm Course Registration

6.00 - 7.00pm Supper

7.00 - 8.30pm Course time

Note: Class times may vary in some courses.

Course leaders will advise tea breaks and variations in the timetable. Courses take place in the back or the middle sections of the temple, the back of the dining room or the lecture hall. Prayers and Dharma teachings are generally held in the main shrine room.

Weekend workshops start on Friday evenings at 7pm - unless stated otherwise. Please register at the Reception Office beforehand.

The Buddhist principle is to be everybody's friend, not to have any enemy.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Meditation means simple acceptance.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Only the impossible is worth doing.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Whenever we see something which could be done to bring benefit to others, no matter how small, we should do it.
Chamgon Khentin Tai Situ Rinpoche
Freedom is not something you look for outside of yourself. Freedom is within you.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Hasten slowly, you will soon arrive.
Jetsun Milarepa
It doesn’t matter whatever comes, stop judging and it won’t bother you.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Whatever obstacles arise, if you deal with them through kindness without trying to escape then you have real freedom.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
To tame ourselves is the only way we can change and improve the world.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Strive always to be as kind, gentle and caring as possible towards all forms of sentient life.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Every sentient being is equal to the Buddha.
Chamgon Kentin Tai Situ Rinpoche
Wherever and whenever we can, we should develop compassion at once.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Reminding ourselves of how others suffer and mentally putting ourselves in their place, will help awaken our compassion.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche